an under-appreciated art, IMO….
From the WSJ article:
A humble brag is basically a specific type of bragging that masks the brag in a faux-humble guise.
There is the “It’s not a brag because I am just complaining” humble brag. Tila Tequila once tweeted: “I hate my lambo! Police is ALWAYS pulling me over just cuz its a…
man, this kid kills me.
While I collect all sorts of names for all sorts of projects I’ll never start, I especially love the sender names in my spam folder. A lot of them are ALMOST normal names (Pamila, Joeann, Venessa). Those are my favorite. And then there are ones that come from an even more confused place (I’m…
i’m not entirely sure why i seem like someone who LOVES ketchup [<- that covers catsup, smart ass], but i don’t. it’s terrible. in fact, it tastes like what i would imagine salty cat vom to taste like. it’s so gross to me that it’s insulting that so many people think i’d be into it, even though it’s just a condiment, i realize, and that there’s no malicious intent behind one assuming that i favor america’s most sought-after dipping sauce.
but i don’t. i just don’t.
so please hold off on being the 15th person to send me an article about heinz “revolutionizing” the condiment space by creating these little dipping packages.
contact lenses were revolutionary. as were participatory democracy, leggings, the bump iphone app, karaoke, and the concept of the number one .
so. just. settle down.
omg! this one time at the YMCA pool, my crush goes ‘what is this string?’ and he, like, totally pulled out my tampon!
-fully embarrassed
a) what are you doing wearing such short shorts?
b) WHY would you let a sixteen year old grab at your crotch IN PUBLIC without making a move to stop him?
c) ask him if he likes you: Yes or No. circle one.
Hello,First a question..Why do agents not read the entire query to understand the full matter but take the short by erroneous assumption ? ?
You’re right. After a stunning, grammatically stellar opening sentence like that, it’s hard to believe we agents would take the “short by erroneous assumption.”
Let us explain, as I have done, many times, whilst drunk:
Over here, we have Taylor Swift. She is fulfilling one of the fucked-up Acceptable Woman archetypes: Permanent girl-child, weirdly virginal no matter how many famous dudes she dates and writes songs about dating, white-dress-clad, sort of…
every time someone mentioned “Starbucks new cup size” you giggled a little, huh?
no? just me pretty much then.